PCMark Vantage	Source: FutureMark

PCMark® Vantage is the first objective hardware performance benchmark for PCs running 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows Vista. PCMark Vantage is perfectly suited for benchmarking any type of Windows Vista PC from multi media home entertainment systems and laptops to dedicated workstations and hi-end gaming rigs. Regardless of whether the benchmarker is an artist or an IT Professional, PCMark Vantage shows the user where their system soars or falls flat, and how to get the most performance possible out of their hardware. PCMark Vantage is easy enough for even the most casual enthusiast to use yet supports in-depth, professional industry grade testing.

FutureMark PCMark Vantage 1.0.0.0
Windows Defender:	MB/s	Ranking
Western Digital RaptorX WD1500AHFD HDD	20.527
SuperTalent FSD28GC25M Solid State Drive	15.475
Gaming:	MB/s	Ranking
Western Digital RaptorX WD1500AHFD HDD	14.645
SuperTalent FSD28GC25M Solid State Drive	12.678
Importing Pictures to Photo Gallery:	MB/s	Ranking
Western Digital RaptorX WD1500AHFD HDD	38.468
SuperTalent FSD28GC25M Solid State Drive	55.624
Windows Vista Startup:	MB/s	Ranking
Western Digital RaptorX WD1500AHFD HDD	17.562
SuperTalent FSD28GC25M Solid State Drive	26.183
Video Editing:	MB/s	Ranking
Western Digital RaptorX WD1500AHFD HDD	37.326
SuperTalent FSD28GC25M Solid State Drive	25.616
Windows Media Center:	MB/s	Ranking
Western Digital RaptorX WD1500AHFD HDD	47.515
SuperTalent FSD28GC25M Solid State Drive	64.118
Adding Music to WMP:	MB/s	Ranking
Western Digital RaptorX WD1500AHFD HDD	10.811
SuperTalent FSD28GC25M Solid State Drive	15.745
Application Loading:	MB/s	Ranking
Western Digital RaptorX WD1500AHFD HDD	4.599
SuperTalent FSD28GC25M Solid State Drive	6.947

The results from PCMark Vantage are certainly interesting, the SuperTalent FSD28GC25M Solid State Drive really excels when it comes to accessing small portions of data as shown by these tests. Again we see the benefit of a near instantaneous access time. In other tests it falls behind the Western Digital Raptor X hard drive.

File Transfer Tests	Source: PCSTATS

Approximately ~500,000 files consisting of various sizes, from a few KB to hundreds of MB for a total of 40GB, were copied from a system hard disk (74GB WD Raptor) to the test Raptor X hard drive and Super Talent Solid State Drive.

Data Transfer Tests
System Hard Disk to Test Hard Disk:	Seconds	Ranking
Western Digital RaptorX WD1500AHFD HDD	523
SuperTalent FSD28GC25M Solid State Drive	715
Copying from Partition to Partition on Test Hard Disk:	Seconds	Ranking
Western Digital RaptorX WD1500AHFD HDD	586
SuperTalent FSD28GC25M Solid State Drive	933

Copying gigabytes and gigabytes worth of data is not the strength of the SuperTalent FSD28GC25M 128GB Solid State Drive. It comes in considerably slower than the Western Digital RaptorX.